Student Performance Standards

After acceptance into the program, students are expected to maintain the following standards or be put on probation:

• A FSU quality point average of 2.70 in all courses must be maintained for continuation in the program.
• A minimum C+ grade must be achieved in the following courses:
  • NUTR 381 Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  • NUTR 384/884 Foodservice Systems
  • NUTR 427/827 Nutrition in the School Environment
  • NUTR 478 Community Nutrition
  • NUTR 483/883 Medical Nutrition Therapy
  • NUTR 481/881 Medical Nutrition Therapy II/NUTR 481L/881 Medical Nutrition Therapy Clinical Practice (non-credit)
  • NUTR 482/882 Management of Food and Nutrition Services
  • NUTR 488/888 Seminar in Clinical Nutrition
• A quality point average (QPA) of B- (2.70) in the above courses must be maintained.
• Senior clinical courses, NUTR 485/885 Practicum in Foodservice Systems and NUTR 489/889 Clinical Experience in Dietetics, require a minimum course grade of B-, which includes all of the following: a minimum B- grade on the Student Performance Evaluation completed by the facility supervisor and an 8 out of 10 score in the category of staff relief responsibilities on the Student Performance Evaluation completed by the facility supervisor. To successfully pass NUTR 486/886 Experience in Community Nutrition and NUTR 487/887 School Nutrition Practicum, the student must earn at a least a B- in the final individual curriculum plan and at least a B- in the Student Performance Evaluation completed by the facility supervisor.

More details are available in the Handbook of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.